Exclusives
 | Ukraine’s Leopard tanks roll into Pokrovsk as 100,000 Russians tighten the ring. The battered coal-mining village is all that stands between Russian forces and Pokrovsk’s encirclement. |
 | Ukraine’s Liutyi drone warhead grew by 50%—at the cost of 400 km of range. Something changed in Ukraine’s long-range drones. Their targets are suffering more damage, and the answer might be in the payload. |
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Military
At Dobropillia’s edge, Ukrainian conscripts from Donetsk streets join 100,000 Russian troops in fight against their own country. Criminals, migrants, and abducted locals are waiting to be sent to the front.
Black clouds of smoke rise over Tatarstan as Ukrainian 75-kg warhead drones decimate Shahed storage 1,300 km inside Russia. Operation reportedly destroys attack drones and foreign components at a facility supplying terror attacks.
ISW: Give up your fortress belt shield, take nothing in return—Putin’s ceasefire pitch to Ukraine. ISW says Russia lacks the means to capture the fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast, so it wants Ukraine to abandon it.
Locals watch Lithuanian coast guard chasing Russian marine drone launched from Kaliningrad. Coast guard chases the drone near Nida as Lithuania accelerates defense spending amid mounting Russian provocations.
Intelligence and Technology
Russian new tugboat sinks in Saint Petersburg — another blow to fleet crippled by Ukraine’s strikes. Launched less than three years ago, this vessel, designed for ice and open-water missions, now rests partially submerged.
Old Czechoslovak Z-137 AgroTurbo cropduster goes from crop fields to Ukraine’s drone battlefront. The agricultural plane is now a guided drone killer working with radar teams to protect cities.
International
Ukraine is not real estate deal: Ukrainians see Trump’s land concession proposal as betrayal. Kyiv warns the West’s secret talks risk chaining Ukraine’s fate to a handshake with Moscow that will be broken before the ink dries.
Russia creates diplomatic crisis, stranding 96 Ukrainian prisoners from occupied territories at Georgian border. For weeks, Russia has been dropping Ukrainians at Georgia’s border, where they live in limbo under tin roofs and the threat of winter.
Canada joins EU and UK in slashing Russian oil price cap to $47.60 — Japan and US stay out for now. The new coordinated move aims to choke Russian crude profits without disrupting markets. Moscow uses the export revenues to fund its war in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy to Trump-Putin’s plan for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia: Ukrainian land is not yours to trade. The Ukrainian president calls any surrender of land unconstitutional and unacceptable.
Axios: US, Ukraine, and NATO allies rush to high-stakes UK meeting to forge united stance before Trump meets Putin. Diplomats are scrambling to close gaps and prevent any deal that could lock in Russian territorial gains.
Trump’s Russia deadline expires without sanctions — now he’s flying Putin to Alaska for “peace” talks. The president has dropped pressure on Moscow in favor of a summit featuring Ukraine’s territorial swap proposals.
Humanitarian and Social Impact
Russia’s Iskanders from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast hit Dnipro — three civilians in hospital after dawn strike. Russia launched two Iskander-K missiles and 47 drones overnight, hitting several cities and towns in the morning.
Political and Legal Developments
G4Media: Romania investigates Russia over chlorine-tainted Azerbaijani oil bound for Europe. Authorities say the contamination could have corroded Petrobrazi refinery equipment, sparking a severe fuel shortage and disrupting European supplies.
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